amapô
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Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Yoruba Ìyámọ̀pọ́ (“a female deity”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]amapô f (plural amapôs)
- (Brazil, gay slang) woman
- Synonym: mulher
- 2019 May 13, Luísa Marilac, Nana Queiroz, Eu, travesti: Memórias de Luísa Marilac, Editora Record, →ISBN:
- Bati o telefone na cara da mulher. Ela retornava — e eu desligava de novo. Mas a insistência da amapô era tão grande que tive que conversar com ela: […]
- I hung up the phone on the woman. She called back — and I hung up again. But the persistence of the woman was so great that I had to talk to her: […]
Further reading
[edit]- “amapô” in Dicionário inFormal.